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Panel 5: The Literary Landscape of Author/Artist William Gay

Pan­el 5: The Lit­er­ary Land­scape of Author/​Artist William Gay

March 25, 1:00pm
Fourth Floor, Decatur Library
Join us vir­tu­al­ly or in per­son for RLSV Pan­el 5, The Lit­er­ary Land­scape of Author/​Artist William Gay: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Team William Gay
Panel 6: Claiming “Our Own Literary Ancestry”: Honoring Our Mentors

Pan­el 6: Claim­ing Our Own Lit­er­ary Ances­try”: Hon­or­ing Our Mentors

March 25, 3:00pm
Decatur Library Auditorium
Join us vir­tu­al­ly or in per­son for RLSV Pan­el 6, Claim­ing Our Own Lit­er­ary Ances­try”: Hon­or­ing Our Mentors
Ryan T. Higgins - We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish!

Ryan T. Hig­gins — We Don’t Lose Our Class Goldfish!

March 28, 5:00pm
Little Shop of Stories
Ryan T. Hig­gins is BACK with anoth­er Pene­lope Rex story!
Africatown: NICK TABOR in conversation with Anthony Grooms

Africa­town: NICK TABOR in con­ver­sa­tion with Antho­ny Grooms

April 3, 7:00pm
Decatur Library
Join us for an evening with Nick Tabor who will dis­cuss his new book, Africa­town” in con­ver­sa­tion Antho­ny Grooms.
Rebecca Ross with Isabel Ibañez - Divine Rivals!

Rebec­ca Ross with Isabel Ibañez — Divine Rivals!

April 4, 7:00pm
DeKalb County Public Library Decatur Branch
Come hear Rebec­ca Ross and Isabel Ibañez talk about Rebec­ca­’s newest YA release: Divine Rivals!!!
GETTING TO GOOD FRIDAY with Marilynn Richtarik and Geraldine Higgins

GET­TING TO GOOD FRI­DAY with Mar­i­lynn Richtarik and Geral­dine Higgins

April 6, 7:00pm
Decatur Library
Join us for an evening in con­ver­sa­tion with Geral­dine Hig­gins for Mar­i­lynn Richtarik s Get­ting To Good Friday”
ALEXANDRA BRACKEN shares SILVER IN THE BONE

ALEXAN­DRA BRACK­EN shares SIL­VER IN THE BONE

April 7, 7:30pm
DeKalb County Public Library Decatur Branch
Alex Brack­en in per­son event for SIL­VER IN THE BONE
Half-Life of a Secret: Emily Strasser in conversation with Hannah Palmer

Half-Life of a Secret: Emi­ly Strass­er in con­ver­sa­tion with Han­nah Palmer

April 12, 7:00pm
Decatur Library
Join us for an evening in con­ver­sa­tion with Han­nah Palmer for Emi­ly Strasser’s Half-Life Of A Secret: Reck­on­ing with a Hid­den History.”
DEAR OUTSIDERS: Poets Jenny Sadre-Orafai and Valerie A. Smith

DEAR OUT­SIDERS: Poets Jen­ny Sadre-Orafai and Valerie A. Smith

April 17, 7:00pm
Decatur Library
Join us for an evening of poet­ry with poets Jen­nifer Sadre-Orafai and Valerie A. Smith.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: V.E. Schwab with Roshani Chokshi

The Invis­i­ble Life of Addie LaRue: V.E. Schwab with Roshani Chokshi

April 19, 7:00pm
First Baptist Church of Decatur
Charis and the Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book wel­come V.E. Schwab and Roshani Chok­shi for a cel­e­bra­tion of The Invis­i­ble Life of Addie LaRue.
A Special Evening with Jarrett Krosoczka

A Spe­cial Evening with Jar­rett Krosoczka

April 22, 7:00pm
DeKalb County Public Library Decatur Branch
A Spe­cial Evening with Jar­rett Krosocz­ka, author/​illustrator of Nation­al Book Award final­ist, Hey, Kiddo!
Charles Frazier discusses his latest novel, "The Trackers"

Charles Fra­zier dis­cuss­es his lat­est nov­el, The Trackers”

April 25, 7:00pm
Decatur Library
Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book and A Capel­la Books wel­come Charles Fra­zier to dis­cuss his new nov­el The Track­ers” at the Decatur Library!
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and  Tayari Jones discuss "Chain-Gang All-Stars"

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Tayari Jones dis­cuss Chain-Gang All-Stars”

May 4, 7:00pm
First Baptist Church Decatur
Adjei-Brenyah & Jones dis­cuss this explo­sive, hot­ly-antic­i­pat­ed debut nov­el from the New York Times best­selling author of Fri­day Black.”

Health Sto­ry­telling Author Q & A Series

In part­ner­ship with the Cen­ter for the Study of Human Health at Emory Uni­ver­si­ty (Find more infor­ma­tion here.)

Health Storytelling Series

In the Fourth Floor Gallery 

Vis­it the Fourth Floor Gallery in the Decatur library dur­ing gallery hours for a range of shows through­out the year.

William Gay Exhibit

Mys­tery Out­side the Frame: The Lit­er­ary Land­scape of William Gay” will be on dis­play from Feb­ru­ary 17 — March 25, 2023. Gallery hours for this exhib­it will be Thurs­days, Fri­days, and Sat­ur­days, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET. Learn more here.

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